Forest Playgroup Forest Bees
Highlights
A few impressions to give you a feel for this class.
About this Class
With our forest ranger groups and forest playgroups, we create a space for children and families to spend an exciting, enriching time learning and exploring in the forest outside childcare and school hours.
The groups meet regularly outdoors, are led by a qualified forest playgroup leader, and cover four age groups in total:
Waldmäuse: for expectant parents and parents with children aged 0 to 2
Waldbienen: for parents with children aged 2 to 4
Waldameisen: for children aged 4 to 6
Waldfüchse: for children aged 6 to 12
Available dates
There are currently no upcoming dates for this class. However, you can express your interest in future events by putting yourself on the waiting list.
Contents
Course content for the Forest Bees:
We experience a sense of community with peers and like-minded people.
We feel, smell, taste and hear—we experience the forest with all our senses.
We learn hand-play songs and forest songs, and make music together.
We create works of art from natural materials, felt with wool, experiment and paint with natural dyes.
We make sure to allow plenty of time for free play.
We cook together over a campfire.
We explore current topics in nature and discover and investigate the diversity of animal and plant life.
Structure
The Waldbienen forest playgroup is a regular program that runs throughout the year. It takes place in the autumn, spring, and summer, making it possible to experience nature through the cycle of the year. Approximately six sessions (on Wednesdays) are planned for each season.
Prerequisites
The Waldbienen forest playgroup is for children aged 2 to 4 accompanied by one or two adults.
Packing List
Weather-appropriate clothing is necessary for the forest playgroup. This applies to adults too! The sessions take place in all weather (except storms/thunderstorms), of course. Appropriate clothing and footwear are essential for spending time outdoors!
In spring and autumn, it is important to bring mud gloves (preferably lined). Please remember a hat for sun protection in summer. Long trousers and T-shirts provide good protection in spring/summer from the sun, stinging nettles, and tick bites.
Children also need a backpack with a water bottle, a snack, and a sitting mat.
We are happy to offer further tips on outdoor clothing and equipment if needed. Please just ask.
Board & Overnight
We sometimes cook over a campfire. Please be sure to let us know if your child follows a particular diet (vegetarian, vegan, etc.) or has any food intolerances/allergies!
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About the Organizer
ARGE Waldameisen
We are a nonprofit association in Goldegg am See (Pongau, Salzburg region) that has been offering forest education programs for several years.
Through a parent-led initiative, we founded the first private forest kindergarten in Pongau.
Wir sind ein gemeinnütziger Verein in Goldegg am See (Pongau, Salzburger Land), der seit einigen Jahren waldpädagogische Angebote gestaltet.
Durch Elterninitiative gründeten wir den ersten privaten Waldkindergarten im Pongau.
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